Maternal representations in the dreams of pregnant women: A prospective comparative study

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue AUG, 2013, Pages

  Lara Carrasco, Jessica ^a,b   Simard, Valérie ^c   Saint Onge, Kadia ^a,b   Lamoureux Tremblay, Vickie ^a,b   Nielsen, Tore ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dream emotions; Dreaming; Maternal mental representations; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Related themes; Specificity of baby and child representations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885345333     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00551     Document Type: Article

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